Senate Study Bill 1174 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            NATURAL RESOURCES BILL
                                            BY CHAIRPERSON DEARDEN)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the issuance of special deer hunting
  2    licenses to residents who are nonambulatory.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2022SC 83
  5 av/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  483A.8C  NONAMBULATORY DEER
  1  2 HUNTING LICENSES.
  1  3    1.  A nonambulatory person who is a resident may be issued
  1  4 one any sex deer hunting license which is valid and may be
  1  5 used to hunt deer with a shotgun or a muzzleloading shotgun
  1  6 during any established deer hunting season.  A person who
  1  7 applies for a license pursuant to this section shall complete
  1  8 a form, as required by rule, that is signed by a physician who
  1  9 verifies that the person is nonambulatory.
  1 10    2.  A person who obtains a deer hunting license under this
  1 11 section is not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but
  1 12 shall purchase a deer hunting license and hunting license, be
  1 13 otherwise qualified to hunt, and pay a one dollar fee that
  1 14 shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose of deer herd
  1 15 population management, including assisting with the cost of
  1 16 processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger program
  1 17 administered by the commission.
  1 18    3.  A person may obtain a license under this section in
  1 19 addition to any other deer hunting licenses for which the
  1 20 person is eligible.
  1 21    4.  For the purposes of this section, "nonambulatory
  1 22 person" means an individual with paralysis of the lower half
  1 23 of the body with the involvement of both legs, usually caused
  1 24 by disease of or injury to the spinal cord, or caused by the
  1 25 loss of both legs or the loss of a part of both legs.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill allows a nonambulatory resident to be issued one
  1 28 any sex deer hunting license which is valid and may be used to
  1 29 hunt deer with a shotgun or a muzzleloading shotgun during any
  1 30 established deer hunting season.  A person who applies for the
  1 31 license must complete a form which is signed by a physician
  1 32 who verifies that the person is nonambulatory.
  1 33    A person who obtains the license is not required to pay the
  1 34 wildlife habitat fee but must purchase a deer hunting license
  1 35 and hunting license, be otherwise qualified to hunt, and pay a
  2  1 $1 fee that shall be used and is appropriated for the purpose
  2  2 of deer herd population management, including assisting with
  2  3 the cost of processing deer donated to the help us stop hunger
  2  4 program administered by the commission.  A person may obtain a
  2  5 license under this section in addition to any other deer
  2  6 hunting licenses for which the person is eligible.
  2  7    For the purposes of the bill, "nonambulatory person" means
  2  8 an individual with paralysis of the lower half of the body
  2  9 with the involvement of both legs, usually caused by disease
  2 10 of or injury to the spinal cord, or caused by the loss of both
  2 11 legs or the loss of a part of both legs.
  2 12 LSB 2022SC 83
  2 13 av/nh/8